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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1896
Page
7
A poem describes towering redwoods at night and the sense of divine meaning revealed in quiet, rekindling faith. Clarence Army reflects on stillness, calm, and a single spiritual undertone carried by the forest.
A humor piece recounts a newly married couple's wedding gifts in Washington and their mishaps with silverware. Aggie and Joe Louns bury navigate relatives spoons champagne, a locked chest, and a burglar alarm. The tale blends affection, irony, and domestic chaos in a lighthearted marriage diary.
The Toledo Democrat scene shows leading Democrats renouncing the Chicago platform and Bryan. W J Colburn Henry W Ashley L Franc endorse McKinley and Hobart. Others like H Reeve Kelsey Col S C Reynolds Judge Harvey Scribner and J Yost back Republicans. In Pittsburgh James W Patterson joins the anti Bryan faction. J J Brooks plans to resign as elector and support McKinley.
A village figure, Miss Peggy Watson, repeatedly insists to Mrs. Berry that she is not deaf, speaking louder each time and finally shouting the phrase in her ear, despite Mrs. Berry’s growing nervousness. The scene from a sewing society highlights well intentioned but blunt social missteps.
An old Scotchman visiting his native glen chats with an old schoolfellow about a deceased Geordie AlefKay. The friend reveals he married AlefKay’s widow, explaining his respect was for the widow, not the late man. A second quote notes resilience comes from facing other obstacles, attributed to E. O'Cuonnors.
The Republican nominee outlines a platform centered on an honest dollar and national credit while warning that currency debasement and repudiation threaten the nation. He argues for a safe financial policy, urging unity against fear and a revival of business through confidence and capital deployment.
Frederick Gwimmer and attorney William A. Sipe denounce the Chicago platform as anarchistic and mess cooked up at Chicago. Jacob S. Coxey plans to attend the populist convention and questions Bryan Sewall endorsements. The Journal of Commerce calls for four months of voter education as lines are drawn four ways.
The Providence Journal notes voters must decide how to defeat the free silver platform, by backing a separate gold plank, supporting Republicans, or abstaining. The St Louis Globe-Democrat blames the Democratic party for economy in truth, calling it the most parsimonious in honesty among political groups.
The Chicago Post notes that the silver populist platform prefers to back the gold candidate already in the race.
The era shows broad fatigue with the current administration across factions. Workers, taxpayers, and farmers cite tariff harm, debt, and hard times, urging a change toward McKinley. Nebraska and Illinois readers react against Bryan as a Nebraska issue, while papers warn the nation to defend sound money and credit.
A moral verse urges youth to expect hardship and toil on the path to success. It counsels sober view of life, study of heroes, and perseverance, noting every day brings a new battle and the need to keep Right as a steadfast ally.
Henry Rutherford Ricks of Tweed stands 35 inches tall at 18 with a 48 pound frame. He studies at a farmers academy, enjoys reading, and shares a loyal bond with his dog Gyp. Despite offers, he avoids museums and dreams of visiting New York with Gyp as observers note his promise and charm.
A Cape May fishing party pursues a ten foot swordfish in a calm sea. After a brutal struggle the crew harpoons the fish, which stabs the boat but is killed with an oar by the bowman. The event captures the thrill and danger of swordfishing.
A winter afternoon scene in a New York Mercury piece shows Amy and other children sharing their sleds to lighten a load for a horse dragged by a weary man. Amy gently calms the horse and leads it, prompting the man to apologize. the group ends the night with thanks.
A fragment notes a boy learns a vital lesson through illness about the value of a mother and companionship. The piece suggests a moral coming of age, linking care, family, and wisdom beyond a schoolroom proverb.
A blue jay kept as a pet in Mexico Missouri learned to strike matches by beating food against a hard surface. It observed the sparking action and, when given a match, hopped around striking the head against the wood until it ignited then discarded it to watch the flame.
A cat authority notes blue eyes correlate with deafness. J Harris on Weir recounts a white blue-eyed cat whose loud meows troubled a household until a deaf old lady adopted it.
W G McKinnell of Melita Manitoba reports hailstones the size of pigeons killed 105 Canadian geese in a heavy thunderstorm near Sauris. A farmer named Coulter gathered the dead birds and living ones, killed the survivors, loaded them on a wagon, sold the lot at 50 cents each, earning $55.50. Franklin commentary notes idleness brings trouble.
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